It was very very cold there today. But a nice selection of boats. What did you think of "Photon", the C&C 30?
I kinda like that Sunfish, Harry... ----- Original Message -----From: Harry Hallgring <hhallgr...@icloud.com>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.comSent: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 02:12:04 -0000 (UTC)Subject: Re: Stus-List Mass Maritime Auction Mark, I went there today...because if the weather you mention! Hope to take home the Sunfish and a Whaler....so don't outbid me! I bought Mirage there a few years back and couldn't be happier. She wasn't a cream puff, but anything is fixable, which is what I am doing. Harry Sent from my old iPhone On Nov 23, 2013, at 20:35, Mark G <mjg...@comcast.net> wrote: I'm only about a half hour away from Mass Maritime and I've been attending these auctions off and on for 6 or 8 years. It's a great opportunity to see a lot of boats of all makes and lengths to get a feel for size, accomodations, build quality, etc. all at once without bothering a broker or a seller. While none of these boats are complete derelicts (Mass Maritime doesn't accept those), the majority are in need of significant TLC or have some issues: rusty keel bolts, corroded chain plates, rotted bulkheads, soft decks, etc. So it's also a nice opportunity for a prospective buyer, after reading up on old sailboats, to do some "field work". I am only familiar with one boat that sold through the Mass Maritime auction. It was about 5 years ago. A '77 C&C 25. They had it listed as a C&C 26. It had a Vire inboard, self-tailing winches, furler, new sails, spinnaker gear. Decent shape. The "price" was around $8500 if I recall. I put in a low-ball offer and didn't get it. The same boat came up for sale locally about two years later. I spoke to the owner, he got the boat at the auction with a $4,000 bid. The biggest problem I see with this auction, for both the "sellers" and the buyers, is that you can't see / hear the engines run. So you really have to bid on the assumption that the engine requires a rebuild or replacement. Otherwise, you're taking a significant risk. Until 2005-2006, the tax deduction you got for donating a boat was its "market value". That's pretty subjective. The law changed in 2005-2006, and now what you get for the tax deduction is the actual price which the donated boat sells at. Not nearly as favorable. I know this because my boat went through the Mass Maritime auction in 2005. I later met the previous owner, and he said he donated it when he did because he knew the law was about to change and greatly lessen the value of his deduction. I'll be there tomorrow, but not for long. It's going to be unusually frigid for this area at this time of year, and the boats are stored at the edge of an airfield. There is no protection from the wind. Mark ----- Original Message -----From: Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.comSent: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:20:09 -0000 (UTC)Subject: Re: Stus-List Mass Maritime Auction I wonder if those prices are what the donors got for theirwrite-offs. Sea Leaf was for sale for around 800K a couple years ago, showingthere 1,500,000! Maybe original cost. Bill Coleman C&C 39 From: CnC-List[mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Harry HallgringSent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 4:27 PMTo:cnc-list@cnc-list.comSubject: Stus-List Mass Maritime Auction A few C&Cs being auctioned off at this weekend’s Mass.Maritime auction. http://www.maritime.edu/apps/boats/ Harry Sent from my old iPhone _______________________________________________This List is provided by the C&C Photo Albumhttp://www.cncphotoalbum.comcnc-l...@cnc-list.com
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